Cancer-related information seeking: Hints from the 2003 Health Information National Trends Survey
Cancer-related information seeking: Hints from the 2003 Health Information National Trends Survey
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DOI：
10.1080/10810730600637574
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发表时间：
2006-01-01
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
Hesse, Bradford
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作者：
Finney Rutten, Lila J.;Squiers, Linda;Hesse, Bradford
很少有全国代表性的调查评估了美国公众寻求癌症相关信息的行为。我们分析的数据来自2003年健康信息全国趋势调查（HINTS）。我们分析的目的是从社会人口统计学、医疗保健获取和健康状况变量方面描述癌症信息寻求者（3，011）和非寻求者（3，348）的特征，并描述信息寻求者寻求的癌症相关信息的性质。性别、年龄、种族、收入、教育程度、个人和家族癌症史以及是否有常规的医疗保健来源与寻求地位有显著的独立关联。信息寻求者不太可能是男性（OR = .51）;年龄≥ 65岁（OR = .40）;西班牙裔（OR = .60）;有正常的医疗保健来源（OR = .70）;更有可能收入超过5万美元（OR = 1.50），一些大学（OR = 1.87）或大学学位（OR = 2.95），既往癌症诊断（OR = 3.57）或癌症家族史（OR = 2.17）。在癌症信息搜索者中，最常搜索的主题是癌症部位特定信息（50.2%）。报告搜索癌症部位特定信息的人最常搜索有关乳腺癌（23.8%），前列腺癌（11.5%）和皮肤癌（11.3%）的信息。HINTS调查提供了一个独特的机会，探索信息寻求者和nonseeker的特点和信息的内容正在寻求由公众在一个全国代表性的样本，从这一努力获得的理解提供了概括和政策相关的信息，美国公众的信息需求。
Few nationally representative surveys have assessed the cancer-related information seeking behavior of the American public. Data for our analysis were from the 2003 Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS). The goals of our analysis were to characterize cancer information seekers (3,011) and nonseekers (3,348) in terms of sociodemographic, health care access, and health status variables, and to describe the nature of the cancer-related information being sought by information seekers. Significant and independent associations with seeking status were identified for gender, age, race, income, education, personal and family history of cancer, and having a usual source of health care. Information seekers were less likely to be male (OR = .51); aged 65 or older (OR = .40); Hispanic (OR = .60); to have a usual source of health care (OR = .70); and more likely to have incomes greater than $50,000 (OR = 1.50), some college (OR = 1.87) or a college degree (OR = 2.95), a prior cancer diagnosis (OR = 3.57), or a family history of cancer (OR = 2.17). Among cancer information seekers, the most frequently searched topic was cancer site-specific information (50.2%). Individuals who reported searching for cancer site-specific information were most frequently looking for information about breast cancer (23.8%), prostate cancer (11.5%), and skin cancer (11.3%). The HINTS survey provides a unique opportunity to explore the characteristics of information seekers and nonseekers and the content of information being sought by the public in a nationally representative sample; understanding gained from this effort provides generalizable and policy-relevant information about the American public's information needs.